Geohazards - Natural and man-made (Paperback, 1992)

Dorrik A. V. Stow Editor in Chief, Association of Geoscientists for International Development ( AGID) AGIO is particularly pleased to see published this latest hurricanes, floods-that are wreaking havoc, destroying report in its Geosciences in International Development livelihood and lives in some corner of the globe. Series, as a significant contribution to the onset of the UN As geoscientists there are perhaps three concerns that Decade of National Disaster Reduction, and as a mark of should be uppermost in our minds as we join an inter AGIO's growing concern over the potential and actual national effort to combat the adverse effects of natural effects of geohazards throughout the developing world. hazards. The first must be to improve our scientific The problem of geohazards is increasing, not because understanding of the nature and causes of such hazards and to work towards more reliable prediction of their the rate of earth processes is accelerating, nor because the voice of the media appears to be paying more and more occurrence and magnitude.

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Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	AGID Report Series
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	1992
Authors:	G.J. McCall
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	227
Edition:	1992
ISBN-13:	978-9401050203
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Promotions
LSN:	9401050201
Barcode:	9789401050203

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